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HEHD Promotes STEM Education in Local Schools with JetToy Challenges

The College of HEHD is helping to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in local elementary schools by supporting JetToy Challenges. Fifth grade students from across Pickens and Anderson counties gathered to compete in JetToy Challenges where they displayed STEM concepts they learned in the classroom. The district JetToy Challenge was held Feb. 19 at the Pickens Country Career and Technology Center, and the regional JetToy Challenge took place March 1 at Daniel High School. Read More

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New Book Tells Story of Call Me MISTER Program

“Call Me MISTER: the Re-Emergence of African American Male Teachers in South Carolina” written by Call Me MISTER director Roy Jones and oral historian and Clemson alumna Aretta Jenkins. The book explores the evolution of the Call Me MISTER program and it puts the program into the context of South Carolina’s history, tying in civil rights, social justice, education and African-American culture.

The program began in 2000 with the goal of placing more African-American males in elementary school classrooms as teachers. Four South Carolina schools — Clemson, Claflin University, Benedict College and Morris College — participated in the program; Call Me MISTER has now expanded to 16 colleges across the state and has been implemented in eight other states. Read More

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PRTM Ph.D. Student Leads of Poaching Demonstration in Kenya

Concerns over poaching are always high in the Sekenani region of Kenya – especially when it comes to ivory and rhino horn – and have increased exponentially. In response, PRTM Ph.D. student, Moriaso Nabaala, along with numerous other students from Narok University, banded together with Kenyans United Against Poaching to hold massive demonstrations. Narok University and the College of Health, Education, and Human Development have formed strong ties throughout the past several years in order to gain understanding, knowledge, and education from a world away. Read More

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SoE Prof. Named NASPA Faculty Fellow

Eugene T. Moore School of Education professor Tony Cawthon has been named a Faculty Fellow of NASPA, the national association for student affairs administrators. “I am honored and humbled to be asked to participate as a NASPA Fellow. Serving as a fellow allows me to give back to a profession and to serve students that have given professionally and personally so much to me,” said Cawthon. Read More

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Healthcare Genetics Program Brings Unique Impact to Clemson and Community

In 2008, Clemson became the first university to offer a doctoral degree in healthcare genetics. Now, several years later, the PhD program is again making new strides as it celebrates its first two graduates and looks toward a bright future in research and collaboration. Dr. Julie Eggert is the coordinator for the program and a professor in the School of Nursing. When determining the focus of the degree, Eggert said the faculty considered the abundance of new roles and jobs for people in the field of healthcare genetics. Subsequent collaboration with other genetics departments on campus helped to build an interdisciplinary program that combined the strengths of their specialties. Read More

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Interdisciplinary Research Project Enhances Nursing Education

A collaborative research effort between faculty in the schools of nursing and computing are developing a new education system that focuses on the development of an innovative instructional tool. The Pediatric Virtual Patient System is both an innovative and realistic instructional tool for bridging the gap between the academic setting and future nursing practice. A virtual patient is an artificial intelligent human representation that behaves similarly to an actual patient under the same set of circumstances, including health care encounters. Read More

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HEHD Online Degree Programs Enrollment Booming With Record Numbers

In addition to adding new online degree-granting programs, student enrollment in current online programs within the college of HEHD are booming. One program doubled admissions from last year. A second cohort has been added to another to handle interest. And interest in the PRTM program is skyrocketing. Why? Read More.

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Bob Horton, professor of secondary mathematics education in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education has been awarded the Clemson University Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence.

Established by the Office of the Provost in 1999, this award honors outstanding faculty and staff who have made significant contributions to academic life at Clemson. Read More

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Paralympics Provides PRTM Students Exceptional Experience Abroad

This past summer, several students had the unique opportunity to represent Clemson abroad while learning about their professional career field through hands-on experience. Students from the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management attended the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, England. The trip was a component of a special topics course organized by Dr. Skye Arthur-Banning, a professor in the PRTM department at Clemson. Read More

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Clemson Nursing Students 'LEAP' into Community to Promote Healthy Living

Students in Clemson's School of Nursing Community Health course 'LEAP' to local elementary schools to promote healthy living for children and parents. The event welcomed more than 100 people, including 3rd, 4th and 5th graders and their family members. The event was hosted in part with the school’s after-school program, Club LEAP, which focuses on learning enhancement through the arts and physical fitness. Local restaurants and stores also contributed to the event by providing food, drinks, produce and other supplies. Read More

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Nursing, Navy Reserve Partner for Medical Simulation Training

The School of Nursing and U.S. Navy Reserve Medical Unit combined expertise to provide medical training for Navy corpsmen. The U.S. Navy Reserve team, led by LT MaryBeth M. Hendricks, DNP and Officer-In-Charge, Catherine O. Durham, DNP, envisioned medical training that would offer complex, real-life training for their reserve corpsmen. Read More

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HEHD & the National Guard: A Decade of Teaching & Learning Innovation in Action

Clemson University and the South Carolina Army National Guard recently celebrated over a decade of partnership in education. Twelve years ago, the two shared a vision that led to the coordination of distributive training to reduce the duplication of resources and efforts in South Carolina. Out of this partnership, the Army National Guard Distributed Learning Program and the Distributed Learning Center were established, benefitting the Guard, the University and the South Carolina region. Read More